FEMINISM & RELIGION—Child of the Earth
Check out my latest for Feminism and Religion. “I have a vivid childhood memory of being sick with the stomach flu and standing in the doorway of my parents’ bedroom […]
Book Group Discussion Questions for Murder at the Rummage Sale
Murder at the Rummage Sale can be categorized as a cozy mystery. How does it fit that genre? In what ways does it differ from a traditional cozy? There are four narrative […]
Boudica’s Last Battlefield
“Atherstone!” The railway official I had managed to pigeonhole in busy London Euston Station seemed affronted. “Why do you want to go to Atherstone? There’s nothing there.” I was taken aback, […]
Maeve (aka Mary Magdalen) on the Papyrus Scrap
Maeve has been impatiently waiting for interview requests from The New York Times and other major media since The Times published that article about of a scrap of papyrus. You […]
MAEVE SPEAKS
My name is Maeve. It rhymes with brave, cave, wave. (I am not going to go through all the rhyming possibilities; some are not as flattering.) I am not going […]
Sacred Prostitution: The Whore and the Holy One
A paper by Elizabeth Cunningham, prepared for The New Seminary I was sent forth from the power,and I have come to those who reflect upon me,and I have been found […]
Did You Have to Make Her a Prostitute? Archetype vs. Stereotype
The Big Question: Did you have to make her a prostitute? Isn’t the traditional depiction of her as a prostitute just perpetuating a patriarchal virgin/whore stereotype with women divided and […]
Why a Celtic Mary Magdalen?
I am not Irish. That is why I am writing this essay: to explain how someone who is not Irish can be captivated by the Irish spirit. Of course, it […]
In Search of Real Gardens: A Novelist’s Onsite Research
“A fairytale is an imaginary garden with real toads in it.” I don’t know the source of this quotation, but I take it as my starting point for this account, […]
Pilgrimage To Magdalen Country
In March, 2004 I made a pilgrimage to Magdalen country in the South of France as part of my research for The Way of the Dove, volume 3. The stories […]